Replace core language HexStrings with library entity

[H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d]

On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 04:21:09PM -0700, Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On 3/15/15 12:46 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
> >HexStrings:
> >
> >     http://dlang.org/lex.html#HexString
> >
> >They're rarely used, but very useful when needed. But, as the octal
> >literals have shown, they can be easily replaced with a library
> >template:
> >
> >     x"00 FBCD 32FD 0A"
> >
> >becomes:
> >
> >     hex!"00 FBCD 32FD 0A"
> >
> >It'll simplify the core language slightly.
> >
> >Thoughts? Anyone want to write the hex template? Any other ideas on
> >things that can removed from the core language and replaced with
> >library entities?
> 
> hexString and hexBytes. -- Andrei

Even better!


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